Sasanian Iberia

Sasanian Iberia
255/6–299a 363–580b 580–627c
Map of the Caucasus in 387–591
Status	Province of the Sasanian Empire
Capital	Armazi Mtskheta Tbilisi
Common languages	Old Georgian (native language) Middle Persian (royal administration and court) Parthian Koine Greek and Syriac (religious)
Government	Fully subordinate monarchy (up to 580), governorate
Historical era	Antiquity
• Established	255/6
• Roman conquest	299
• Sasanian reconquest under Shapur II	363
• Marzbanate period starts	580
• Adarnase I declares independence	627
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Iberia (antiquity) Byzantine Empire Principality of Iberia
^ Shapur I conquers Iberia in ca. 255/6, and puts the country under the control of a bidaxsh. The Sasanian Empire later cedes Iberia to the Romans in 299 after a peace treaty. ^ Shapur II invades Iberia in 363 and installs Aspacures II as his vassal. The Sasanians continue to rule Iberia for decades with two brief interruptions in 482-484 and 502-518. In 580, Hormizd IV decides to abolish the Iberian monarchy. ^ The Kingdom of Iberia is once and for all abolished by Hormizd IV, who appoints a marzban of the country, thus starting the "Marzbanate period" of Iberia. In 591, Khosrow II cedes a large part of Iberia to the Romans, and later briefly regains it in 604 until ca. 624/5. In 627, the Iberian prince Adarnase I rebels against a heavily weakened Sasanian Empire, thus ending Sasanian rule in the country.

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Sasanian Iberia (Georgian: სასანური ქართლი, romanized: sasanuri kartli; Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭫𐭥𐭰𐭠𐭭, wirōzān/wiruzān/wiručān) was the period the Kingdom of Iberia (Kartli, eastern Georgia) was under the suzerainty of the Sasanian Empire. The period includes when it was ruled by Marzbans (governors) appointed by the Sasanid Iranian king, and later through the Principality of Iberia.